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Chapter 43 Modern Priest

The arrival of Hassan and others allowed Li Yuan to save his pretty face.

Socrates and Ali were also present. The latter was very apologetic, contrary to his attitude last night.

As soon as Ali apologized, Lao Zhang jumped up: "Wait, what did you say? Wang Yu, you didn't tell us that you were almost sacrificed to blood yesterday."

A Tian narrowed her eyes dangerously: "I just said that when you sent us away in such a hurry this morning, you were hiding something from us." As she said this, she glanced at Ali.

I definitely didn’t want to be looked at by A Tian like that, so I looked away guiltily.

Ali's face was gloomy for a moment, and he quickly looked back calmly. When Laila was not involved, he looked like a man who loved petty gains and didn't care. I don't know who was acting like a mad dog last night.

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Hassan was very embarrassed. He looked back and forth between the few of us, not knowing what to say. Socrates didn't care so much, he sat down and said, "What do you want from my brother?"

Hassan's face was expressionless. He tried hard to find his voice and said sincerely: "I am Hassan. I offended a lot yesterday." He then introduced: "This is Socrates. Ali, you have already met us.

We have grown up together since childhood, and they are all aware of the curse."

A Tian glanced at them. "Since Wang Yu didn't tell us the truth, please tell some priests what happened yesterday."

Hassan looked at the other two people, then faced me and Li Yuan and said: "Actually, we also acted according to orders. Including approaching you from the beginning, we also received guidance from others. However, that person never contacted us directly until recently." He said beside him.

He said, taking out a piece of paper. "This was delivered to my house the night before the winter solstice."

I'll take it.

It was a piece of papyrus, and it didn't feel like something sold on the street. Whoever sent this paper had worked hard.

Trying your best to pretend to be a ghost.

The ancient Egyptian writing material said in smooth handwriting: "Complete the sacrifice to the sun god, and the oracle will come."

The signature is [Dr H. White] Dr. White.

After everyone had read it, Hassan told the story.

There were celebrations in ancient Egypt on the winter solstice, but this tradition has been revived in recent years just to attract tourists. It was a joke that Dr. White asked Hassan and others to worship the sun god. But for some reasons, Hassan and the others had to believe it.

Dr. White, so he went to Karnak Temple in the early morning of the winter solstice as he was told. Several people didn't know how he managed it, but the person in charge actually asked these people who were dressed rather non-mainstream to perform sacrifices without saying a word.

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So the white robes A Tian and I saw on the winter solstice were them. Ali was indeed watching these people in the crowd at that time. It turns out that there were so many clues, but I turned a blind eye to these abnormal things like a blind man.

.You really deserve to be deceived.

"However, no matter how much we asked, we never found out about Dr. White."

"Since that man is hiding his head and tail, why do you follow his instructions?" Li Yuan asked.

"Not everyone has the same choice as you." Hassan said with a wry smile. "And we know that some of the things he said are true."

Now our eyes were focused on him again.

"My grandfather went to that desert sixty years ago, and his whole person changed after he came back. But these were things before I was born, and he never told me about them. Originally, these had nothing to do with us, but

Twelve years ago, my sister suddenly fell ill. Laila was still a child at the time and had never left the village."

Sixty years ago, Li Yuan and I looked at each other. This was also the time when Sir Black's uncle entered the desert.

Hassan took a heavy breath and continued: "No one can cure that disease. My grandfather was very angry and said that someone must have disobeyed him and went to the desert again, which caused the disaster to Laila. In short,

Many strange things happened that year, but Grandpa refused to say anything. Later, we left home to go to college in Cairo, and Laila's illness became more and more serious. But there was nothing we could do. Until Dr. White guided us and completed the priesthood

mission. After offering sacrifices at the altar of the [Temple of Omniscience] in the Valley of the Kings, Laila's condition stabilized."

We were stunned for a while.

That transformation is so easy to talk to that it can eliminate disasters just by doing work, and there is still room for bargaining? Shouldn't it be said that it is worthy of Egypt?

To put it this way, wouldn’t it mean that the Yin family’s millennium dilemma is not so. I glanced at Li Yuan secretly. Sure enough, the smile that always hung on his face seemed a bit passive and sabotaging. After all, no one thought that the curse could be negotiated.

The Yin family has been tough for countless generations.

"Then what is the mission of the priest?" I asked quickly.

"Actually, I don't know. Dr. White told me all this. It's very inappropriate. He said the first thing he wanted us to do was to go to the temple in Hierakonpolis to get a gold seal."

Hierakonpolis is the most important site in the predynastic period of ancient Egypt. Over a period of two thousand years, it hatched what became known as the Egyptian civilization.

Hassan hesitated, but we all knew that this "taking" was definitely not a glorious way to take it.

"I have been wearing this golden seal ever since. Dr. White said my sister cannot be saved until the altar recognizes me."

As for how this altar is recognized, we already saw it last night.

I couldn't help but sigh that caring leads to chaos. In fact, as soon as we heard this, we all realized that there might be radiation on the golden seal. Hassan was later recognized by the altar, probably because he always wore the golden seal.

Co-author Hassan and the others only knew a little about this matter and had no idea what they had done. But wasn’t this another transformation target sent to their doorstep in vain?

The question is, why did Dr. White let Hassan be transformed? Did he know the plot behind this?

Li Yuan asked for the gold seal and took it in his hand. He played with it for a while and nodded to me. When he handed it to me, he said in Chinese: "There is indeed something wrong with this seal."

As soon as I picked it up, I felt an indescribable feeling.

Hassan was able to be transformed without any danger to his life. It is unknown whether it was because of his extraordinary talent or because the radiation on the golden seal was not fatal.

Hassan put away the gold seal and continued: "Actually, we don't want to be priests at all. But since we have become priests, we can only continue. So we have been fulfilling the duties of priests."

I suddenly wanted to know: "Have you really heard any oracle? Or can you communicate with the gods?"

Hassan looked at me in surprise, as if I had just slapped him in the mouth for no reason.

"No, I am far away from the gods of ancient Egypt. In fact, in the first eighteen years of life, we have been living as ordinary people. Originally, I wanted to go out and have a career after graduating from college. But now it seems that I am

There is no chance of leaving Egypt."

No wonder they are quite modernized.

Lao Zhang said: "That's strange. Since you grew up in modern society, why did you suddenly accept this fate? And why do you believe in the curse with certainty?"

Hassan said: "I didn't believe it at first, but what happened later forced me to believe it. And my sister's illness really made me desperate."

"Then after you completed your duties as a priest, has Laila gotten better?" Li Yuan asked.

Hassan smiled bitterly and shook his head. "That's why I waded into this muddy water. According to Dr. White, only by completing the final sacrifice can our destiny be restarted."

So in order to escape, do you drag us into the water?

I frowned and saw the same disgust on the faces of Lao Zhang and A Tian.

Li Yuan didn't show any emotion. However, he had his own magnetic field. Even if the Egyptians didn't drag him, he would still stumble over. It was like he had walked all the way here.

However, there is a problem with Hassan's statement.

Li Yuan was born in the United States, and he had not returned to the country when he showed symptoms of transformation, so the domestic magnetic field would not affect him. In other words, the transformation in Li Yuan should be a problem in his blood, and

It's not caused by radiation.

If we look at it this way, Laila's sudden illness is more like a "curse" inherited from Li Yuan's family, while Hassan was transformed by the radiation on the golden seal the day after tomorrow.

In order to confirm this conjecture, I asked Hassan and Laila their ages. They were consistent with their appearance, and there was no such thing as Li Yuan being forgotten by time.

Is it possible that this magnetic field is really not as flat as a bowl of water?

But this isn't right either.

Hassan and Laila were transformed in different ways, and the blood of their brothers and sisters has different effects on the altar. The altar in [Omniscient Temple] obviously prefers Laila's blood, just like the altar in the Temple of Horus.

The altar prefers Li Yuan's, and the latter's expression is more dazzling.

So is it because the length of exposure to radiation is different?

It seems that Li Yuan is indeed the person who has been exposed to radiation for the longest time, so he has reached the state of being beautiful? Or does the magnetic field itself have different roles for them?

"Then you and Laila are the only ones who have been transformed?" There is no quantitative standard for the transformation of this magnetic field. It would be easier to judge if there were more samples.

"Transformation?" Hassan repeated doubtfully.

"It's the transformation that has happened to you and Laila." Ali interjected. "I know what you mean. Hassan and Laila are no longer the same as us. Qi Tian, ​​at the beginning I was in the forum questioning creationism.

What I said was not without purpose. I did think of Laila as my sister, so I checked when she was sick. Later, I went to Caltech with my mentor, and it was there that I somewhat understood the problems of Hassan and Laila.

.This is not the blood inheritance of a priest at all, but caused by energy radiation. And the source of that energy radiation does not exist in current technology. So I think it may be a legacy left over from prehistoric civilization. Hassan and the others are

One of the successors."

This successor was once Hassan's grandfather, and now is his sister and himself.

Hassan said self-deprecatingly: "When we learned that we would live as priests in the future, we couldn't accept it. We were also young people and we asked why. Why should I bear this fate? But we were raised to do so.

For this reason, if I don't do it, then my sister will. So even if I feel sorry for you, I still listened to Dr. White and wanted to find those who can light the altar and let them go to the desert.

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I can't blame Hassan and the others. These people have guarded the beliefs of the past since they were young, even if they are beyond their understanding. This should not be something they have to bear in the first place.

But Li Yuan also faced the same thing. He walked alone for a long time and never mentioned giving up, let alone letting others bear this fate for him.

"Then why did you come to me?" I asked. "Is this also what Dr. White meant?"

Ali shook his head: "No. Dr. White just said that he suspected that this matter was related to a few outsiders. I think if I get you here in advance, I might be able to get some information first."

He was lying. But I didn't dwell on it.

That Dr. White has great supernatural powers. Not only can he know the "ancient bloodline", but he is also very familiar with the ancient Egyptian calendar, and he also knows the celestial signs that he saw last night only once in sixty years. The origin of this man can be seen.

But who is Dr. White? My first thought was Lord Black. But I can’t figure out why he would do this.

"How do you believe that you are descendants of the priests?" I asked.

"Because we do meet all the conditions, and we have responsibilities passed down from generation to generation. It's just that we are too far away from ancient Egypt. The older generation only knows that there is a mission passed down, but they don't know what it is for." Hassan

Said, "My grandfather has always known this, but he refused to tell us. It wasn't until I got the gold seal to save Laila and was discovered by him that he told us:

‘The curse was started sixty years ago’.”

Indeed. Before the arrival of Europeans in recent centuries, no one knew that ancient Egypt existed, let alone what the legends of ancient Egypt meant.

At first, I never expected that there would be descendants of priests. So it is normal for Hassan's family not to know what they are carrying. But since Hassan's grandfather has been to the desert, he must know a lot about this matter.

"Speaking of which, you were the only ones who offered sacrifices to the altar yesterday. In this way, aren't you locked up on this matter?" I asked deliberately.

"That celestial phenomenon will appear no matter what, our sacrifice is just to make you believe." Hassan said calmly.

Last night, or at about two o'clock this morning, a full moon appeared untimely over the Valley of the Kings.

But the strange thing is that there is no full moon in China, Europe and the United States, and this moon has not even been seen in the Persian Gulf. It is as if it was borrowed from Egypt.

A Tian also checked the reports from various places. The mainstream media in Europe and the United States are silent, which is not as big as the stunts of the British royal family, the US president and Hollywood stars. Even the Arab newspapers did not report it extensively, just saying that the celestial phenomena were weird. Except for some personal accounts that talked about some conspiracies.

Apart from the comments, this strange celestial phenomenon seemed to be ignored by everyone.

It seems that all countries have a tacit understanding.

"I'm really sorry for you yesterday. We had no choice. If we didn't do that, Laila might be in danger. Because people with that kind of blood are not allowed to enter the desert." Hassan said. "If you go in, you will be treated as a

Sacrifice."

"Stop being alarmist." Lao Zhang frowned, "The Dragon King doesn't even eat boys and girls anymore, let alone living people like you."

Hassan ignored Lao Zhang's words and said to himself: "I promised Dr. White to find other people with ancient blood in order to prevent Laila from going. My grandfather has been to the desert, and he said that the people who went there are not allowed to go."

It will end well. My grandfather has been depressed for sixty years, as if he is burdened with a very heavy thing. My uncle didn't listen to him and went to the desert more than ten years ago and never came back. I don't want my sister to go. Really.

If that doesn’t work, I’ll give myself up instead. Anyway, I’m a priest now.”

This statement about sacrifices sounds really appalling and is simply an insult to our scientific worldview.

"Why does Dr. White insist on letting people with ancient blood enter the desert?" Li Yuan asked.

"Yes, and why would you listen to him? Whatever he says is what he says." Lao Zhang said angrily.

But Hassan and the other three were just silent.

There must be a ghost here.

I decided that these Egyptians were hiding something, but they were very strict and couldn't ask anything. So I changed the question.

"Why did your grandfather go into the desert back then? Who did he go with? So what is in the desert to the west?"

"I don't know why grandpa went to the desert. He has always refused to tell us. But he warned us that no one is allowed to go to the desert again." Hassan breathed a sigh of relief when he could no longer pester Dr. White about the topic. "Back then, my grandpa was with you.

I worked for the French on the construction site, and then the people in that team said they wanted to go to the desert, so my grandfather went."

When I heard it, I wondered why this story sounded so familiar. That day at the Egypt Exploration Society, Professor Black said that his uncle went to the desert with the French archaeological team sixty years ago. But it seemed that no one came back that time.

Could it be that Hassan's grandfather was also in the team and escaped unscathed?

Li Yuan and I looked at each other.

It seemed that whoever Dr. White was, what he wanted was not an address, but the truth. The truth about what was in that place.

"Why are you doing this?" I still don't understand. Since they chose to be priests and chose this responsibility, shouldn't they continue to perform it?

"Why?" Hassan asked, repeating my question. His eyes were still clear. "This curse has haunted my sister for twelve years. Now there is a solution, why don't I do it?"

I am speechless. Do you want to ask him why Li Yuan should be plotted by you? If my sister gets sick and a stranger's blood can save her, what if that person is drained and made into a mummy?

But Li Yuan is my friend after all, and Laila is not my sister.

This account can be settled slowly. There are more important things that need to be determined now.

I asked Hassan: "How do you know whose blood will be useful?"

Hassan said: "We don't know, so we want to try each of your blood."

I paused, because my wording was not precise. So I asked another question: "How do you know this blood is used in this way? Does the inscription say "use your blood as a sacrifice" have any other meanings?"

Hassan still looked at me frankly with his warm amber eyes and said, without directly answering my question. But his words surprised us all. "Because he took those British people to the desert sixty years ago.

The one inside is my grandfather. He brought back the secrets of our family and the curse of ancient Egypt."

What kind of evil was this done?

This matter is getting more and more complicated. It seems that it is impossible not to meet Hassan's grandfather.

Li Yuan asked Hassan: "Then where is your grandfather now?"

Hassan pointed to the sky.

My heart tightened, could it be that his grandfather had passed away? Li Yuan was also a little surprised, and I saw the word "sorry" on his lips. But after Hassan's words, the sentence "Sorry" still came out.

It rolled back into Li Yuan's throat.

Hassan said: "My grandfather lives in a village in the south. If you want to go there, you have to take a boat."

I cursed in my heart. If you didn't tell me before your grandfather was still alive, you would be making wild gestures. But it is true that Egyptians have the habit of comparing the south to the top, and I can't say anything.

Li Yuan asked: "Can I meet your grandfather? We have questions to ask him."

Hassan asked vigilantly: "What do you want to know? I have told you what I know. Now that people with 'ancient blood' have been found in various aspects, we have nothing more to help you. We will follow you when the time comes.

Go into the desert and sort things out."

Hassan revealed between the lines that this matter was just a last resort and he didn't want to get involved if possible.

Li Yuan said: "I just want to ask your grandfather for advice on what will happen if you enter the desert as an 'ancient bloodline'. And who will be used as a sacrifice?"

He looked directly at the Egyptian who was trapped in the shell of an ancient Egyptian priest: "After all, I always have to know who I exist to please."

Local NPCs are about to appear again

I'm sorry that the plot progress is slow, because the framework to be explained is relatively complicated. I will try my best to reduce unnecessary plots. I hope you can tell me any suggestions at any time.

(End of chapter)